Barcelona vs. Real Sociedad: Live Player Ratings for Barcelona

Barcelona will take a 2-0 aggregate advantage into Basque country for the second leg of this Copa del Rey semifinal against Real Sociedad following Wednesday’s victory at Camp Nou.

Sergio Busquets gave the hosts the lead in the 44th minute just moments after Sociedad should have had a penalty, and following some good work from Alexis Sanchez the Catalans found themselves 2-0 to the good on the hour-mark when Gorka Elustondo kicked the ball into the backside of his own goalkeeper and then watched as it trickle into the back of the net.

Following are player ratings and analysis for each of the Barcelona player.

Barcelona Player Ratings

Player

Half-Time

Full-Time

Pinto

10

10

Alves

8

7

Pique

8

8

Mascherano

7

7

Alba

8

8

Xavi

9

8

Busquets

9

8

Fabregas

8

8

Alexis

8

8

Messi

8

7

Pedro

6

6

Iniesta

N/A

7

Tello

N/A

6

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Half-Time analysis

Pinto: Made an early save to preserve level terms and then did brilliantly to deny Vela late in the first half.